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082			_aFSECC TH-0025 _bSHA
100			_aShaikh, Mohamadzahir G.
245		0	_aHeat wave health impact assessment : a community level sustentative study to heat action plan (2013) of ahmedabad (Also available on CD)
260			_c2013
300			_axii,64p.CD-ROM
505			_aCONTENTS1. Research Brief 1 1.1. Introduction to climate variability and Human Health 1 1.2. The Heat waves 3 1.3. Aim 5 1.4. Objectives 5 1.5. Research questions 5 1.6. Scope and Limitations 6 1.7. Methodology 7 1.8. Need for the study 7 1.8.1. Over all conceptualization of the study 9 1.8.2. Steps followed for study 10 2. Literature review 14 2.1. Important Terminology 14 3. Research Design 19 3.1. What is case control study? 19 3.2. Cases and Controls 19 3.2.1. The case 19 3.2.2. Controls 20 3.2.3. Matching Cases and Controls 20 3.3. Where the study fits? 20 4. HAP (Heat Action Plan) for Ahmedabad city 21 4.1. Purpose of HAP 22 5. Case Studies : Building up a scenario 23 5.1. NHWP, England 24 5.2. NHHP, Australia 24 5.3. Summary 25 6. The case of Ahmedabad 27 6.1. Why Ahmedabad : Selection criteria 28 6.2. Ahmedabad Climate: Data Analysis 30 6.3. Ahmedabad: Demographics 32 6.4. Selection of Survey locations 34 6.4.1. Eastern Ahmedabad 34 6.4.2. Selection of Rural comparative areas : Kalol and Kheda 38 6.5. Consideration of Indicators for primary data collection 39 6.5.1. The elderly 40 6.5.2. Infants and children . 40 6.5.3. People with chronic diseases 40 6.5.4. People on medications 41 6.5.5. People with weak socioeconomic status 42 6.5.6. People who are vulnerable due to their occupations 42 7. Data collection 43 7.1. Primary data collection through personal interview 43 7.2. FGD: Overview of the issues 44 7.3. Criterias considered for FGD ranking 45 7.4. Observational reporting: 45 8. Correlations with reported mortality and emergency call data 46 8.1. Hospital Admission data and Mortality data 47 8.2. EMRI : 108 Emergency Call out data 47 8.3. Climate data 47 8.4. Limitation 47 9. Analysis of secondary data 48 9.1. Heat kills 48 9.2. Emergency and Hospital data analysed 49 9.3. Inference from secondary data analysis 51 9.4. Analysis of data and comparison 51 10. Final result and conclusion 55 10.1. Women group inferences 55 10.2. Ahmedabad study inferences 56 10.3. Rural study inferences 57 10.4. Pilot study inferences 57 11. Conclusion 58 12. Annexures 60 12.1. Respondent?s consent form 60 12.2. Heat Wave Health Impact Assessment Questionnaire: Page 1 61 12.3. Heat Wave Health Impact Assessment Questionnaire: Page 2 62 13. Works Cited 63
700			_aAzhar, Gulrez (Guide)
700			_aDesai, Urvi (Guide)
891			_a2011 Batch
891			_aFaculty of Sustainable Environment and Climate Change
891			_aFP-PG
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